Longtime Mets usher, Army veteran Luke Gasparre dead at 95
(New York Post Mets)

Luke Gasparre, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient who served in the Battle of the Bulge, died Thursday morning at 95. He was also the longest-tenured usher in Mets history. Gasparre, a retired postal worker who lived in Astoria, Queens, took a second job as an usher at Shea Stadium when the ballpark opened...